Actor Matthew McConaughey isn’t working for Texas governor after months of publicly flirting with the thought of changing into the most recent movie star candidate.
The Academy Award winner mentioned in a video posted Sunday evening that political management was not a route he was selecting to take “at this second.”
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McConaughey, 52, mentioned he would as a substitute deal with supporting companies and foundations that create pathways for others to succeed.
The Texas governor’s race is already shaping as much as be one of many nation’s highest-profile contests in 2022. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is searching for a 3rd time period and Democrat Beto O’Rourke, coming off failed bids for the U.S. Senate and president, introduced month that he was getting within the race.
The Dazed and Confused and Dallas Patrons Membership star had by no means mentioned what celebration — if any — he would run beneath whereas acknowledging that he was mulling a run for governor in his house state. McConaughey had additionally shied away from going into coverage specifics and positions on contentious points in Texas.
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“Politicians? The nice ones may also help us to get to the place we have to go, yeah,” McConaughey mentioned within the video posted to Twitter. “However let’s be clear, they’ll’t do something for us except we select to do for ourselves.”
In California, former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner ran for governor this yr in a failed GOP-led recall effort towards Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom however gained little momentum.
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